Cleveland Museum of Art

Covered Vase (2 of 2)

Meissen Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-8f0221000226

Date: mid-1700s
Medium: porcelain mounted in gilt bronze
Culture: Germany, Meissen, 18th century
Department: Decorative Art and Design
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 123696

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One of these vases is dated 1749. They were perhaps part of a set of four covered vases that we know from documents were acquired by Mme. de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV in 1752.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).

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18th Century Porcelain Figurines
These objects are decorative ceramic figures and figure groups made from soft-paste or hard-paste porcelain during the 18th century, produced by major European porcelain factories including Meissen, Sèvres, Derby, Chelse
413 objects from 4 institutions